Strange occurences in Xp

[jmriddic]

Hi,

I am using word automation to transfer info to Word documents. Two of my buttons for some reason when a user brings it up on XP in Access 2003 for some reason do not work. I can get it to work on my 2000 machine just fine in Access 2000. All my documents have bookmarks and open with the same syntax in the code so I am puzzled.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The only thing that rings any warning bells is that you have to have the Word object library loaded for this to work. Check your references to see if some reference is MISSING on the XP system.

 

[jmriddic]

Hmm

Strange thing is I have 4 other documents when you click on the button that work just fine.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

OK, if it works for four documents and fails for one, it ain't a references problem. Unless there is a new feature in the one that isn't in the other four. So go into WORD help (not Access help) and see if there is something in the NEW FEATURES section that might be applicable to the file that fails.

You are now reduced to the time-honored game called "Catch That Rabbit." If you can find what it is about the failing file that is different from the files that work, you have at least a good leg up on solving the problem. Until you can identify the difference, I think you are stuck.

Is any other program having troubles? I once saw a system used by one of my co-workers where he had filled the disk to a point JUST BEFORE a bad spot on the platter. When he created ONE MORE FILE, he used space that included the bad spot and things went to Hell in a handbasket.

Since the problem fails only for one file, does it happen to be the biggest file? If so, that would be consistent with my co-worker's case. Can you run a surface diagnostic on the disk? Some modern systems have a surface tester that won't "eat" your data when it runs. I know my home HP system does.

 

[jmriddic]

Response

Not really,

All have tables all use virtually the same code to open the word documents. And even when I went into the 2003 application it was referencing the right libraries. Now I did this in 2000 and they are using 2003 to open it up. That's the only difference I can see. Strange to me that certain ones will work but not the others.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

jm, you've got me on this one. Someone else might know more, but I don't see it with the information on hand. And I have no way to test this for you on an AcXP 'cause the only copy of same I have isn't on an internet-connected system. (Security reasons...)

 

[jmriddic]

Found the culprit

Doc man,

The problem was that there was an error that XP was detecting when opening the word documents using the 2003 Word applications. Some kind of data integrity error Type 4. I had to open the documents using open and repair option and save the documents and everyhting seems OK on both platforms. Not sure where these errors come from but I was able to correct them.